WHEREAS, Ms.
Equisha Newsome, a Lincoln University
senior from Staten Island, New York, has been selected as a 2007-08
Siemens
Teacher Scholar; and

WHEREAS, Students
selected
for this scholarship have excellent scholastic aptitude and have
expressed an
interest in teaching math, science and/or technology when they graduate
from a
member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund or the United Negro
College
Fund; and

WHEREAS, This
year, Siemens
Teacher Scholars also took part in a Siemens Science Day, a unique
program that
enabled them to lead science experiments for elementary school students
and
experience the joys of teaching; and

WHEREAS, The
2007-08 Siemens
Teacher Scholars will be recognized in the Spring 2008 issue of Teachers of Color magazine; now
therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the
Lincoln University Board of
Trustees recognizes the outstanding efforts and accomplishments of Ms.
Equisha
Newsome, whose achievements continue to promote and advance the LincolnUniversity legacy of excellence.